WE ARE
Committed to Opera
Yesterday, on May 7th, the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presented their final concert of the season at Carnegie Hall in a sold out performance. It was a wonderful afternoon of chamber music featuring many of our incredible colleagues. The program also featured our Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, as well as bass-baritones Ryan Speedo Green and Eric Owens performing selections from Terrence Blanchard’s Champion, which you can see during a rehearsal in the video above!
The program featured the following works and musicians:
CHARLES WUORINEN Trombone Trio
Sasha Romero, trombone
Gregory Zuber, vibraphone & marimba
Howard Watkins, piano
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Street Song
David Krauss and Kevin Quill, trumpets
Hugo Valverde, french horn
Denson Paul Pollard, trombone
Morris Kainuma, tuba
TERENCE BLANCHARD Two Arias from Champion arr. Robert Elhai
Champagne Dreams & Lime Juice Money – What makes a man a man
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Yoon Kwon Costello, Miran Kim, Sylvia Danburg Volpe, violins
Shmuel Katz, viola
Dorothea Figueroa, cello
Chelsea Knox, flute
Mitchell Kuhn, oboe
Dean LeBlanc, clarinet
Hugo Valverde, horn
David Krauss, trumpet
Denson Paul Pollard, trombone
Bryan Wagorn, piano
Jeff Watts, drums
Michael Blanco, jazz bass
VALERIE COLEMAN Rubispheres
DROM – Serenade – Revival
Chelsea Knox, flute
Anton Rist, clarinet
Evan Epifanio, bassoon
BERNSTEIN West Side Story Suite for Brass Quintet arr. Jack Gale
Prologue – Maria – America – One hand, one heart – I feel pretty – Somewhere
David Krauss and Kevin Quill, trumpets
Hugo Valverde, french horn
Denson Paul Pollard, trombone
Morris Kainuma, tuba
We are excited for our next concert in November!
